Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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India to Set up Bullion Bank

New Delhi: The Indian Government is working on a gold bank that will aim at building a higher level of transparency, increase value addition, and protect customers while ensuring the growth of this job-creating sector, reports Business Standard. The government, in principle, has decided to set up a gold spot exchange, improve measures for compliance by the jewellery industry, increase

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Surat Diamantaires Observed Strike to Protest GST

Surat: The world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat and those in Navsari and Saurashtra observed a shutdown on Saturday to press for exemption of the diamond industry from Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime that will come into force from July 1, reports The Times of India. The call for shutdown was given by Diamond GST Sangarsh

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Assocham Demands to Postpone GST Implementation

New Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) has demanded postponing GST implementation, saying that taxpayers will find it difficult to comply with the provisions of the new indirect tax regime as the IT network is not yet ready. In a letter to Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, Assocham said existing assessees have not yet migrated to the

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Foundation Stone Laid for G&J Institute in Udupi

Udupi: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), apex gem & jewellery trade body in India, laid the Foundation Stone for a premier Gem & Jewellery Training Institute today in Udupi. Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) is being set up in association with National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. This training centre shall be amongst the series

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India to Set up Bullion Bank

New Delhi: The Indian Government is working on a gold bank that will aim at building a higher level of transparency, increase value addition, and protect customers while ensuring the growth of this job-creating sector, reports Business Standard. The government, in principle, has decided to set up a gold spot exchange, improve measures for compliance by the jewellery industry, increase

Read More »

Surat Diamantaires Observed Strike to Protest GST

Surat: The world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat and those in Navsari and Saurashtra observed a shutdown on Saturday to press for exemption of the diamond industry from Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime that will come into force from July 1, reports The Times of India. The call for shutdown was given by Diamond GST Sangarsh

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Assocham Demands to Postpone GST Implementation

New Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) has demanded postponing GST implementation, saying that taxpayers will find it difficult to comply with the provisions of the new indirect tax regime as the IT network is not yet ready. In a letter to Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, Assocham said existing assessees have not yet migrated to the

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Foundation Stone Laid for G&J Institute in Udupi

Udupi: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), apex gem & jewellery trade body in India, laid the Foundation Stone for a premier Gem & Jewellery Training Institute today in Udupi. Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) is being set up in association with National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. This training centre shall be amongst the series

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